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W. W. GELATT. BLOI'TING PAD HOLDER.

Patented Mar-. 9, 1886.

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WALLACE W. GELATT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BLOTTING-PAD 'HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,391, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed July 28, 1885.

State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Blotting-Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the acconi-- panying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to afford a recoiling holder for blotting-pads, which may be permanently affixed to a desk or table and enable the pad to be used in blotting or removing the surplus ink after writing, and will possess sufficient recoiling power to convey the pad to which it is attached to the place of attachment of the holder when released by the hand, thereby affording a positive location of the pad after using, and avoiding the loss of time occurring from misplaced pads.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View in perspective of the recoiling holder attached to a support which is affixed to a desk or table, and showing the manner of operating the pad and holder. Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the support, and showing also the holder having a portion of the case broken away to show the holder when coiled.

A represents any suitable desk or table.

B represents a support or standard secured to the desk A by the screw 12 b represents the hooked end of the coiled spring b.

b is a coil-spring.

b represents the opposite terminal portion of coil-spring b to that having hook b.

O is a pointed hook, attached to the side and near the top of support B.

D is a case for the pad-holder d.

d is a lip on case D.

d is the pad-holder.

d is a guide above lip d on case D.

d is a perforated extension on case D, for end I) of the coil-spring b,

d is the opening, and d is a pivot inside of case D.

E is the pad.

0 is the grip on the elastic holder and attached to pad E.

In the construction of my invention I make Serial No. 172,885 (No model.)

a suitable support or standard, B, and affix it permanently to a desk or table, the screw 1) serving to secure the lower end of said standard to the desk or table.

My improved pad-holder d is anarrow strip of flexible metal, which, when drawn out and released, will recoil, as hereinafter described. A case, D, is formed to receive the holder (2,

and a central pivot, (2, passed transversely through the said case A.

I then attach to the said pivot ch one end of a coiled spring, d, which is-coiled around said pivot. A drum, cl, is made of sufficient dimension to inclose the coil-spring (Z and permit its expansion and contraction. The opposite end' of said spring d to that attached to the pivot (2* is attached to the inner side of said drum. I then attach to the outside of the drum d, or the side opposite that to which the coiled spring d is attached, one end of the holder (1, and coil said holder around said drum in an opposite direction to that in which the coiled spring dis coiled, and the opposite or free end of said holder d is passed through an opening, (1 made in one end of said case, whichpermits the said free end of said holder d to be drawn through it, and an ordinary pad or blotter, E, attached to said end by the grip e.

I form the grip efroin a pieceof wirelooped at one end and joined to the loop formed upon the end of the holder cl, one end of said wire below the loop being coiled around to form a broad rest for the pad, and the opposite end ofthe wire bent to form a hook and pass th rough the pad and in the direction of the coiled portion of said Wire.

Beneath the opening 11'' in the case D, and

extending transversely asuitabie distance from the side of the case D and radially from the pivot d, I form a lip, d, the outer edges having a smooth curved formation.

Above the opening oh, and extending transversely a slight distance from the case D, I form either by bending the part removed from the case D to form the opening d or attach to said case D, as preferred, the guide (1 To attach the case D to the standard B, I form upon the side of the case opposite to the opening (1 a perforated projection, (1 I then take a piece of wire and form in the center of said wire, by coiling it around a mandrel, a flexible portion, b. One end of said wire I bend at right angles to said flexible portion b, and insert said end through the perforated projection (l on the case D. The opposite end of said wire I extend in a direct line from the flexible portion b, and insert said end through a transverse perforation made in the upper end of the standard B. I then attach to the standard B, upon the opposite side of said standard to where the case D is attached, a bayonet'shaped pointed pin. 0, and bend the end of the flexible portion b of said wire around said pin 0, thereby securing by the same device the pin 0 and the case D to the standard B.

It will be readily seen that the case D may be attached directly to the desk or table, and the holder d may be made from rigid or elastic material, made to recoil by its own elas' tic property, or by substituting a weight at the end of the holder opposite to that holding the pad in lieu of an equivalent spring mechanism I have attached to the said holder d, without departing from my invention,in which case the pad recoils when released by the hand, and it will also be seen that the grip for the pad may have other forms, (not herein specified.) the object herein being to afford a device which will cause the positive recoil of the pad. I

In the operation of my improved pad-holder the pad is seized by the hand and the blotter applied to the ink on the paper, after which the padis released, and the recoilof the holder conveys the pad to the case, the lip serving to receive the pad and support the same in a horizontal position or in a position most convenient to be grasped for use, as seen in dotted lines, Fig. l. The guide 01*, under which the pad is carried, then acts to prevent the pad frombeing thrown over the case should the tension oi the holder carry the pad with undue rapidity to its place upon the lip, and in connection with the lip to hold the pad in the proper position. Then the pad is drawn from its seat on the lip, a downward pressure 13, I have designed for the purpose of a bill holder or file, and in connection with the support for the pad holder, a convenient article for desk use is aiiorded.

Having fully described my invention,what I new claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with asuitablesupport, of a case attached to said support, and recoiling mechanism in said case, of a pad-holder attached to and operated by said recoiling mechanism, a pad upon said pad-holder, and a lip on said case, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a suitable support adapted to be attached to a desk, of a case attached to said support. recoiling mechanism in said case, a pad, and a gripping device attached to said recoiling mechanism and said pad.

3. The combination, with asnitable support, of a case attached to said support, recoiling mechanism in said case, apad-holder attached to and operated by said recoiling mechanism, a pad upon said pad-holder. a lip on said case adapted to support the pad, and a guide on said case above said lip, as shown and described.

4. The combination, with a suitable support upon a desk or table, of a case adapted to re ceive the pad-holder, and a spring attached to said case and to said support, as described.

WALLACE \V. GELATT.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. PERKINS, J. H. PRESTON. 

